President Bush: Hot or Not?
Drudge has a good summary of President Bush's annual check-up and even thinks he may be the fittest president in history.
Interestingly though, he's overweight -- at least according to the CDC's BMI calculator.
For a more humorous/ironic look at the government's absurd fitness guidelines -- including a list of "overweight" and "obese" celebrities that may surprise you -- check out the Center for Consumer Freedom's BMI calculator.
I, for one, welcome our new Food Nanny overlords...
P.S. -- Moving is a pain. I think I need a vacation after that vacation...
Interestingly though, he's overweight -- at least according to the CDC's BMI calculator.
For a more humorous/ironic look at the government's absurd fitness guidelines -- including a list of "overweight" and "obese" celebrities that may surprise you -- check out the Center for Consumer Freedom's BMI calculator.
I, for one, welcome our new Food Nanny overlords...
P.S. -- Moving is a pain. I think I need a vacation after that vacation...
posted by dantheman at 14:44
2 Comments:
That sure is interesting, but I don't think anyone is claiming that the BMI calculation is THE determining factor of fitness/obesity, the CDC website says "This is a good reminder that BMI is only one piece of a person's health profile". It seems like they have that measurement for the layperson who doesn't know anything about fitness, they can look at BMI and have a good indicator of their recommended weight given their height. Noone would look at the BMI test and tell a bodybuilder he should lose weight. The most disturbing fact was, IMO, that 6', 140 is NOT considered underweight.
However, when the BMI is used as the basis for statitstics like "Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are overweight or obese: 64" these kinds of inconsistencies can be problematic and misleading.
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